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Ecclesiastes 8:4

for the king’s word is supreme. Who can say to him, “What are you doing?”

Parallel Translations

LXXView canonical →
even as a king having power: and who will say to him, What doest thou?
Brenton's Septuagint Translation
LXX2012View canonical →
even as a king having power: and who will say to him, What do you?
Septuagint in American English (2012)
KJVView canonical →
Where the word of a king is, there is power: and who may say unto him, What doest thou?
King James Version

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